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Post by Olds Sun Feb 08, 2009 1:51 pm

http://www.cbc.ca/world/story/2009/02/08/atlantic-crossing.html?ref=rss

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A 56-year-old American woman has fulfilled a dream she has had for nearly 50 years, and made history in the process, by swimming across the Atlantic Ocean.

Jennifer Figge has become the first woman on record to swim the Atlantic. Her journey of nearly 4,000 kilometres from the Cape Verde Islands off the west coast of Africa to Trinidad in the Caribbean took 24 days, from Jan. 10 to Feb. 5.

She had originally planned to make landfall in the Bahamas, but rough weather forced her to veer off course. At one point, she faced waves of up to nine metres, but says she was never afraid.

Figge plans to keep going with a swim from Trinidad to the British Virgin Islands, where she expects to arrive in late February.
Jennifer Figge prepares for her swim last November.Jennifer Figge prepares for her swim last November. (J. Pat Carter/Associated Press)

Then it's home to Aspen, Colo. — where she trained for months in an outdoor pool amid snowy blizzards.

During the crossing, she woke most days around 7 a.m., eating pasta and baked potatoes while she and the crew assessed the weather. Her longest stint in the water was about eight hours, and her shortest was 21 minutes.

Crew members would throw bottles of energy drinks as she swam; if the seas were too rough, divers would deliver them in person. At night she ate meat, fish and peanut butter, replenishing the estimated 8,000 calories she burned a day.

She swam inside a shark cage, which was attached to the support boat and was open at the top, but never saw any sharks.

Her journey comes a decade after French swimmer Benoit Lecomte made the first known solo trans-Atlantic swim, covering nearly 6,400 kilometres from Massachusetts to France in 73 days.

With files from the Associated Press


Not that impressive, really. Do it non-stop, without a support boat or a cage. Then, maybe then, I'll be somewhat impressed.


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Post by Olds Sun Feb 08, 2009 1:52 pm

The guy who swam the Amazon - now that was cool shit. The Atlantic is peanuts compared to that.
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Post by millertime Sun Feb 08, 2009 1:58 pm

if you are not impressed why bother posting?


actually, nevermind. I know the answer to that question.
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Post by Olds Sun Feb 08, 2009 3:25 pm

what's the answer?
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Post by thewalrus Sun Feb 08, 2009 4:00 pm

I wonder how her cage held up during those 9 meter waves.
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Post by Olds Sun Feb 08, 2009 4:03 pm

yeah that would be pretty fucking intense
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Post by millertime Sun Feb 08, 2009 4:10 pm

Olds wrote:what's the answer?

we dont need good reason to post anything on here
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Post by Olds Sun Feb 08, 2009 4:42 pm

damn straight
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Post by big_jesus Sun Feb 08, 2009 11:16 pm


Not that impressive, really. Do it non-stop, without a support boat or a cage. Then, maybe then, I'll be somewhat impressed.

yeah? you do it.
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Post by big_jesus Sun Feb 08, 2009 11:17 pm

HA!!!!
yes: :facepalm:
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Post by thewalrus Sun Feb 08, 2009 11:24 pm

big_jesus wrote:

Not that impressive, really. Do it non-stop, without a support boat or a cage. Then, maybe then, I'll be somewhat impressed.

yeah? you do it.

I think that was Olds' version of wit.
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Post by Olds Mon Feb 09, 2009 12:25 am

you guys are such fucking assholes. i hate you all.
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Post by thewalrus Mon Feb 09, 2009 12:26 am

Olds wrote:you guys are such fucking assholes. i hate you all.

I was standing up for you!
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Post by Olds Mon Feb 09, 2009 12:27 am

...........that's why i hate you
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Post by Aristotle Mon Feb 09, 2009 2:36 am

rhymes with ducks
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Post by Talon Wed Feb 11, 2009 3:34 pm

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Post by big_jesus Wed Feb 11, 2009 3:38 pm

i hate us too, olds.

i hate us too.




but you most of all. and aris.
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Post by xtine Wed Feb 11, 2009 3:40 pm

big_jesus wrote:i hate us too, olds.

i hate us too.




but you most of all. and aris.

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Post by JaysonAych Wed Feb 11, 2009 3:52 pm

hahaha pwned
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Post by Olds Wed Feb 11, 2009 5:38 pm

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Post by Omni Wed Feb 11, 2009 11:24 pm


Yeah, that's only a slight difference right?
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Post by Talon Thu Feb 12, 2009 9:09 am

One could say, she sham across the Atlantic. :roflmao:
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Post by Olds Thu Feb 12, 2009 10:39 am

:roflmao:
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Post by JaysonAych Fri Feb 13, 2009 12:13 am

Talon wrote:One could say, she sham across the Atlantic. :roflmao:

:gah :smashy:
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